Occupy Oakland - Public Records

The Oakland Police Department is dedicated to policing in a manner that is both constitutional and ethical. During the Occupy Oakland operations, our goal was to facilitate free speech and peaceful demonstrations. This web page has been created to share media recordings (audio and visual) of events as they happened. We will continue to release additional video and audio as investigations conclude. These videos have been fully reviewed prior to their release. The videos contained below are not part of any ongoing investigations.

Please note: Some videos/audios may contain offensive language and/or gestures. They have not been censored.

The following media is accessible through this webpage. Additional media will be updated as it becomes available. This is an ongoing process.

Audio Files

Occupy Oakland audio files for October 25, 2011 and November 2, 2011 are now available.

Video Files

Videos of public protests held in the City of Oakland are available here.

Dispatch Printouts

The dispatch printouts ("CAD purges") available here provide another way to understand what was going on during the Occupy Oakland operations of October and November, 2011. The printouts are transcriptions of police radio communications and calls received.

Planning Documents

Some planning documents for the Occupy Oakland Operations have been redacted. Please note that within the Staffing Detail, staff members’ personal telephone numbers have been redacted pursuant to Government Code 6254(c), and the identities of undercover officers have been redacted pursuant to Government Code 6255. For the Operations Plans and Briefings, records of security and tactical procedures have been redacted pursuant to California Government Code 6254(f).

Mutual Aid

During the Occupy Oakland operations, mutal aid assistance was provided by local law enforcement agencies from the local cities, local county Sheriffs' Departments, the California Highway Patrol, and the University of California Police Department.

This section provides access to mutual aid agreement documents as well as material concerning the mutual aid provided on October 25 and November 2 - 3, 2011. Please note that phone numbers of mutual aid officers have been redacted pursuant to California Government Code section 6254(c).